Zywiec Lager

Popular within Poland this beer is starting to make a big splash here, it can also be bought as Zywiec Porter, which is a variation on this lager. Zywiec is a lovely beer brewed in the mountain spring town of Zywiec in Poland, this has a crisp, fresh taste, bubbly but not too powerful, its flavour is its key. Zywiec is a very popular brand of beer in Poland and is becoming more popular here, being served in Wetherspoon pubs and for sale in many supermarkets, a bottle is £1.79 in Wetherspoons and is very reasonable in Tesco's. You can get 330ml or 500ml bottles and while it used to be a beer mainly drunk within Polish communities in the UK it is becoming more popular ...  Read the complete review

History ========= Zywiec (pronounced Zhee-wee-uts) lager is a hugely popular Polish beer that has made it's way into the UK market in recent years. Born in the town of Zywiec believe it or not, it was founded in 1852 by the Habsburg family as that part of Poland was then in Austro-Hungary. Originally owned by Archduke Albert and Karl Ferdinand it was called "Zywiec Archducal Brewery", it remained owned by the Habsburgs until just after World War II when it was nationalised. Zywiec beer lived a peaceful life in communism but during the early 90's, descendants of the Habsburg family tried to sue the Polish government for ...  Read the complete review